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Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience - Deluxe Extended Movie
[Blu-ray]
Blu-ray A - America - Buena Vista Home Entertainment Review written by and copyright: Jeremiah Chin (29th July 2009). |
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The Film
 I am finally ready for everything Disney has to throw at me. So far I’ve survived their pre-teen wunderkind through “Camp Rock” (2008), the “Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour” (2008) and “High School Musical” 1 and 3 (2005, 2008). My mind and body have become a stony, finely tuned, Disney pop watching machine, prepared to undergo any amount of genetically engineered Disney magic that may try and get me. I laugh, scoff and guffaw in the face of “Jonas Brothers: The 3D concert Experience: Deluxe Extended Movie” (2009) and their triple semicoloned title. Their witchcraft could not defeat me in two dimensions in “Camp Rock” and “Hannah Montana” had prepared me for their foul schemes in the third dimension. So now I look at their Blu-ray release of their concert, laugh in their perpetually prepubescent faces and don’t even raise an eyebrow at their promise rings which seem destined to get them castrated by vagina dentata. When I say “Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour” prepared me for the “Jonas Brothers” it’s no exaggeration since it’s basically the exact same movie (again showing that Disney engineers their sound and their bodies as well). Starting by waking them up for a busy day of appearances with a whole lot of ‘gosh’ and other wholesome fun, The Jonas Brothers get ready and perform their concert filled with songs that have made them famous. Even the songs seem to get the same, where one Jonas sings backup vocals, another Jonas sings lead vocals and the other Jonas plays guitar and walks out towards the crowd with a goofy look on his face and then walks back to wait until the next song and hope that someone also craves for his off limits body. Oh and there are some behind-the-scenes things too, like balancing baseball bats and going to CD releases. The whole movie made me really think about Hansen and how popular they were. Everyone seems to overreact to how bad the Jonas Brothers are; yes they are bad, but they’re nowhere near the first band to do it. As long as there has been pop music there has been a crew of brothers that put out catchy tunes to grab the kids with their music, living for one long moment only to burn out and fade away into Vh1 obscurity. The Jonas Brothers may have a longer run with their backing by Disney, but looking back at all of the other cyborgs that they have produced in the past, their future has disappearance, obscurity or drug addiction written all over it. Who can honestly say where Hillary Duff has been for the past few years? Last I heard from Lindsay Lohan she was actually up here in Utah doing some rehab. But of course no matter how much I say bad about the Brothers, their legions of undying fans will never be swayed by logic. They almost act as a fourth character in the movie as they plague the Brothers with undeserved adoration for songs that sound like cheap ripoffs of Fall Out Boy, digging down fairly deep in the pool of terrible music to copy. But for them it works and they give another reason for teenage girls to go absolutely insane over. I would feel bad for the throngs of people who break down crying, hyperventilating and nearly barfing through their braces just at the sight of the Jonas, but it almost feels like a rite of passage. Passed down through the generations of adoring fans of different groups, their devotion is similar to old videos of New Kids on the Block or Backstreet Boys with a legion of fans hanging on their every word until they get a few years older and grow out of it. Whatever happens to The Jonas Brothers, this movie is all about how crazy their fans are for their terrible breed of music that they will pay good money to see live and pay to see again in 3D on Blu-ray. It’s a style of big, crowded music that rakes in the cash for their producers, drawn directly from their fans’ parents’ pockets. I have a deep seated hatred for what they stand for and how they perform it, but who am I to convince their fans otherwise. My iron stomach has withstood the test and I’m this (...that much) close to daring them to bring something I can’t handle anymore, but I know they could do it. So I won’t tempt fate. But for now, enduring the terrible fan video that is “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience: Deluxe Extended Movie” has left me feeling pretty confident. Who knows, I may go see “G-Force” (2009) this weekend. I’m that good.
Video
Presented in 1.85:1 1080p 24/fps with AVC MPEG-4 encoding, the video quality actually manages to carry across 3D that doesn’t give me a headache. A vast improvement over the “Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour” 3D set, this edition shows how Blu-ray can make even the worst movies come through as squeaky clean as The Jonas Brothers promise rings. The way the 3D is done it makes the film seem clear while adding a bit of depth to fool your brain into thinking that some jerk just let The Jonas Brothers into your house. However the glasses and the red/blue composite colors tend to dull the colors of the entire image, which come through equally clearly on the regular 2D edition that’s also included. I'll give the 2D version an A- overall.
Audio
Much like the video, the English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 mixed at 48kHz/24-bit brings out The Jonas Brothers’ shallow musical souls into a surround sound clarity that makes the concert move well. It has obviously been well put together and transferred from the original that was built to create this kind of Blu-ray and live recording, but it still comes through crisply. There are a few odd drops in sound quality between some of the concert scenes and the real fan interactivity that comes elsewhere in the film, but it’s still an impressive transfer for a horrible film. Optional Spanish and Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks are available as well as English for the hearing impaired, French and Spanish Subtitles.
Extras
For a 3-disc set, the features are mercifully few and far between, containing only two bonus songs, two featurettes on the blu-ray and DVD discs, bonus trailers and a digital copy of the film. DISC ONE: Blu-ray Like I said earlier, the film is available in both 3D and 2D versions, the video quality of which I already discussed. Next are the two bonus songs (in 2D only): - “Love Bug” runs for 3 Minutes and 35 seconds. - “Shelf” runs for 4 minutes and 22 seconds. “Up Close & Personal with the Jonas Brothers” runs for 15 minutes and 8 seconds. This behind-the-scenes/making of featurette deals with how the concert tour was put together and what they did behind-the-scenes of the tour. Narrated by The Jonas Brothers it praises the devotion and loyalty of their fans, calling them the most loyal, and showing off some of the crew and backup band for the production. It’s a little obscene how much goes into the show and I can’t help but onder how happy the backup band is with their lives and how much money they get paid for being the creepy looking guitarist who performs the complicated solos for the band. They all seem pretty into it, but it’s still creepy and a bit weird. Bonus trailers on this disc are: - “Disney DVD and Blu-ray” spot runs for 51 seconds. - “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” on Blu-ray runs for 1 minute and 44 seconds. - “G-Force” runs for 2 minutes and 40 seconds. - “Jonas” runs for 16 seconds. - “Disney Blu-ray” spot runs for 1 minute 12 seconds. - “Disney Movie Rewards” spot runs for 20 seconds. DISC TWO: DVD This is the DVD Version of the film, containing the exact same special features, but with one additional featurette: - “Dylan & Cole Sprouse: Blu-ray is Suite” runs for 5 minutes and 57 seconds. The two brothers from another branch of the Disney universe come together to advertise Blu-ray. Looking to prolong their puberty as long as The Jonas Brothers, their dumb banter and weird sound effects are a long term ad for Blu-ray that seems redundant considering it's on a DVD that came with this Blu-ray edition of the film. Bonus trailers on this disc are: - “Disney DVD and Blu-ray” spot runs for 51 seconds. - “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” on Blu-ray runs for 1 minute and 44 seconds. - “G-Force” runs for 2 minutes and 40 seconds. - “Jonas” runs for 17 seconds. - “Princess Protection Program” runs for 34 seconds. - “Disney Blu-ray” spot runs for 1 minute 12 seconds. - “Disney Movie Rewards” spot runs for 20 seconds. - “Hannah Montana: The Movie” runs for 1 minute and 39 seconds. - “Race to Witch Mountain” runs for 1 minute and 32 seconds. - “TinkerBell and the Lost Treasure” runs for 1 minute and 29 seconds. - “Burning Up” runs for 32 seconds. - “Earth” runs for 2 minutes and 10 seconds. DISC THREE: This disc is simply a digital copy of the film.
Packaging
The discs are packaged in a 3 disc amray case with a cardboard slipcover and 4 pairs of cardboard 3D glasses with special Jonas Brothers labeling.
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